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Francesco Rutelli

President of the European Democratic Party

Francesco Rutelli is President of the European Democratic Party and founder and CEO of Foundations Priorità Cultura, Incontro di Civiltà, Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile (Center for a Sustainable Future – a bipartisan think tank on climate change and environmental issues). He was Mayor of Rome from 1994–2001, and president of the centrist party Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy from 2002–2007. He was the Minister of Culture and Tourism in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi 2006–2008.

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